brown who scored a team high 22 points the spartans won 88 to 54. "i think it was a good effort by everybody, it was good to be on the court against another team with the scoreboard and refs, and to see how we gel together, and ummm i think we played well, we did a good job." the spartans returning leading scorer james kinney only saw limited action in the game due to an injury but the team was well prepared. the spartans had been practicing for the start of the season officially since mid october and it's a much different team this year compared to last year. head coach -- george nessman -- says that's because the spartans have something they havent had for a while; athleticism and length. "its probably been a long time, since san jose state's had a team that's had a significant athletic advantage, and well have one against many of our opponents, not all of them, but against a number of our opponents, not all of them, but against a number of our opponents well have an athletic advantage." nessman has recruited a number of new players who bring the